UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 6-K REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the month of July, 2019 001-35878 (Commission File Number) Intelsat S.A. (Translation of registrant’s name into English) 4 rue Albert Borschette Luxembourg Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg L-1246 (Address of principal executive offices) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. 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Date: July 30, 2019 By: /s/ David Tolley Name: David Tolley Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press Release, dated July 30, 2019, entitled “Intelsat Announces Second Quarter 2019 Results” 99.2 Quarterly Commentary by Stephen Spengler, Chief Executive Officer, and David Tolley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, made available on Intelsat’s public website on July 30, 2019 Exhibit 99.1 News Release 2019-17 Contact Dianne VanBeber Vice President, Investor Relations [email protected] +1 703 559 7406 (o) +1 703 627 5100 (m) Intelsat Announces Second Quarter 2019 Results • Second quarter revenue of $509.4 million • Second quarter net loss attributable to Intelsat S.A. of $529.7 million, reflecting a $381.6 million asset impairment charge for an in-period satellite failure • Second quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $373.8 million, or 73 percent of revenue • June 30, 2019 contracted backlog of $7.5 billion, adjusting for known reductions to backlog related to the satellite failure • 2019 Financial Guidance Affirmed Luxembourg, 30 July 2019 Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite solutions, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. Intelsat reported total revenue of $509.4 million and net loss attributable to Intelsat S.A. of $529.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. The net loss reflects a $381.6 million asset impairment charge incurred in the second quarter of 2019 for an in-period satellite failure. Intelsat reported EBITDA1, or earnings before net interest, gain on early extinguishment of debt, taxes and depreciation and amortization, of a loss of $52.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA1 of $373.8 million, or 73 percent of revenue, for the three months ended June 30, 2019. Free cash flow used in operations1 was $45.2 million. Intelsat’s Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Spengler, said, “In the second quarter of 2019 we made progress on our operational priorities, including the expansion of our managed services platforms. The global footprint of our Intelsat EpicNG-based managed services addresses aeronautical, maritime, wireless infrastructure, enterprise and government broadband requirements. Reflecting our emphasis on the wireless sector, we ramped up services on our enhanced point-to-point solutions and on our new satellites. In particular, we signed new business on the Horizons 3e high-throughput satellite, which provides infrastructure for several of the largest wireless operators in Asia, as well as Intelsat 38, which is providing new services for government applications.” Spengler concluded, “Over the past two months we significantly increased the public details of our C-Band Alliance proposal under the U.S. Federal Communications Commission C-band proceeding. We added to the record a committed plan for protecting incumbent users, expanded the detail of our plan for rapid implementation, and submitted additional technical analyses supporting interference mitigation. We will continue to enhance our plan, with a goal of demonstrating that the CBA plan represents the fastest path to cleared spectrum for 5G in the U.S., while maintaining the reliability of the U.S. television and radio ecosystem.” Second Quarter 2019 Business Highlights Intelsat provides critical communications infrastructure to customers in the network services, media and government sectors. Our customers use our services for broadband connectivity to deliver fixed and mobile telecommunications, enterprise, video distribution and fixed and mobile government applications. For additional details regarding the performance of our customer sets, see our Quarterly Commentary, available on our website. Network Services Network services revenue was $185.2 million (or 36 percent of Intelsat’s total revenue) for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of 7 percent compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018. Media Media revenue was $223.5 million (or 44 percent of Intelsat’s total revenue) for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of 5 percent compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018. Government Government revenue was $93.3 million (or 18 percent of Intelsat’s total revenue) for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of 5 percent compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018. Average Fill Rate Intelsat’s average fill rate at June 30, 2019 on our approximately 1,750 36 MHz station-kept wide-beam transponders was 78 percent, stable as compared to our average fill rate at March 31, 2019 of 78 percent with no change in transponder count. In addition, at June 30, 2019 our fleet included approximately 1,200 36 MHz units of high-throughput Intelsat EpicNG capacity, as compared to 1,475 units at March 31, 2019, reflecting the April 2019 failure of the Intelsat 29e satellite. Satellite Launches Intelsat conducted no satellite launches in the second quarter of 2019. Our Intelsat 39 satellite, which will provide services from Europe and Africa to the Asia-Pacific region, is expected to launch in the third quarter of 2019, and enter service in the fourth quarter of 2019. For additional details regarding our satellite investment program and 2019 planned satellite launches, see our Quarterly Commentary. Contracted Backlog At June 30, 2019, Intelsat’s contracted backlog, representing expected future revenue under existing contracts with customers, was $7.5 billion after adjusting for known reductions to backlog related to the Intelsat 29e satellite failure, as compared to $7.9 billion at March 31, 2019. Capital Market Transactions In June 2019, our subsidiary, Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. (“Intelsat Jackson”), completed an add-on offering of $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.75% Senior Notes due 2025. The net proceeds from the add-on offering are expected to be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, the funding of capital expenditures, future strategic transactions and repayment of our indebtedness. C-band Proceeding at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) The C-Band Alliance (“CBA”), of which Intelsat is a founding member, submitted several significant filings in response to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NPRM”) issued by the FCC, GN Docket No. 18-122. Since April 30, 2019, the CBA added additional detail to its proposal, building consensus on its plan to clear our licensed C-band spectrum to support U.S. leadership in 5G while also protecting essential television, radio and data services currently using C-band spectrum. The filings included our proposed band plan, and a series of technical filings demonstrating our expertise on the current state of U.S. networks using C-band spectrum. For further details regarding our progress on our proposal to the FCC on the C-band proceeding, please see our Quarterly Commentary. Intelsat 29e Satellite Failure On April 7, 2019, the Intelsat 29e satellite experienced an anomaly that resulted in the total loss of the satellite. As a result, in the second quarter of 2019, Intelsat recorded an impairment to asset charge of approximately $381.6 million. For further details regarding the financial and operational impact of the loss of Intelsat 29e, please see our Quarterly Commentary. Financial Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 Total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2019 decreased by $28.3 million to $509.4 million, or 5 percent, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018. By service type, our revenues increased or decreased due to the following: Total On-Network Revenues decreased by $30.5 million to $461.5 million as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018 due to the following: • Transponder services reported an aggregate decrease of $22.8 million, primarily due to a $17.2 million decrease in revenue from network services customers as a result of non-renewals and service contractions for enterprise and cellular backhaul applications primarily for services delivered in Latin America and for Europe to Africa routes. Transponder services also declined in Latin America due to lost revenue and adjustments stemming from the Intelsat 29e satellite failure, a portion of which moved to off-network transponder services. The aggregate decrease also reflected a $7.5 million decline in revenue from media customers, primarily for distribution services in Latin America, North America and Europe. The declines were offset in part by a $1.9 million increase in revenue from government customers. • Managed services reported an aggregate decrease of $7.2 million, primarily due to a decrease of $3.4 million from media customers for occasional use and managed video solutions, and a decline of $3.2 million from government customers resulting from non-renewals and lower pricing related to 2018 contract renewals.